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Rwanda visa for citizens of Suriname

Citizens of Suriname get a Rwanda visa on arrival at passport control. You don’t apply in advance, but border officers check your passport, return ticket and accommodation. Visago checks your documents before you travel. It costs $19.

For citizens of Suriname: the passport opens 35 countries visa-free; Paramaribo — Kigali: ≈ 9,510 km, about 12.5 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

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Can I travel to Rwanda without a visa on a Suriname passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Suriname get the visa on arrival. To avoid problems at the border, we check your documents for $19.

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Rwanda visa rules at a glance

With a Suriname passport you can visit 35 countries visa-free, 30 with a visa on arrival and 49 with an e-visa; 84 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Suriname passport ranks 132nd of 199.
Suriname passport: visa-free access to 35 countries; Rwanda passport: 29.
Citizens of Suriname and Rwanda can travel together visa-free to 14 countries, for example: Barbados, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Haiti, Ecuador, Angola, Palestine, Seychelles, Mauritius, Kiribati, Micronesia, Singapore, and Philippines.
Citizens of Rwanda, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Suriname. Suriname visa for citizens of Rwanda

Travelling to Rwanda: good to know

Paramaribo — Kigali: about 9,510 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 12.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +5 hours.
Local time: Paramaribo 12:00 — Kigali 17:00.
Local currency: Rwandan Franc.
Languages: English, French, and Kinyarwanda.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ RWF 1,479.
Rwanda is the 115th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Suriname.